The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-22
A LIVELY MEETING
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ANOTHER FAILURE TO AGREE.
Yestcrlay'sl liackett at tho Chamber OF
Commerce between the Coal Miners
and Henry Fosters
III a. mathematician Letter, .
Another meeting Of the operators and
minera Of the coal mines in this city was !
held at the Chamber Of Commerce yester.
day afternoon. II was evena more stormy
one than the meeting held on Monday al. |
ternoon Of last week, which was adjourned
until yesterday afternoon. Mr.. r. J.
smyth again presided over the meeting
and Mr.. Davo Brooks acted 40 secretary.
The attendance was about tho same as
that at tho last meeting, except that there
we're moro miners present and fewer oper.
ators. The men engaged in mining who
were present, were about one-half Of them,
members Of the Miners Union, tho organ
ization that belongs to tho Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly. and the other
half was composed OF members OF the
Federation, az they styleit; both call each
other "acaEB' and "blacksheep." IN
Yesterdays meeting was called to order
about o'clock, and the following was
offered by Henry Foster.
WHEREAS, We believe that the coal
istrike that las boon pending In Wheeling
for tho last eighteen months has not only
been detrimental to the intereats OF the
coal operators, and equally 80 to the
miners, inasmuch as 1t has boon the means
Of placing the coal trade almost exclu.
lively in the hands OF few operators
who arc running their mines with lot OF
mon termed "scabs," who, 1t .appears,
have not been endowed with manly
principles enough to demand fair compen.
Bstion for their labor; and S ~ e
| WHEREAS, The Miners Union Ia de.
handing a price that will not enable the
operators that are paying two coutB to
compete successiully with their mora for.
tunate competitors who have beon cue.
cessful in securing "ecabs" to operate their
mines; and
| WHEREAS, We believe 1t would DO to
the intercats Of both miners and the oper-
atora to agree upon some system OF min.
ing that would bring to an end this deplo.
rable condition Of affairs and enable us to
learn from the bitter Lessons OF tho past
that cur only hope OF success in the future
depends on united and harmonious action !;
and 5siai p. HN r,
WHEREAS, We believe settlement Of
tho present difficulty to be paramount
over everything else, and to that end
would advise II necessary, that there be
concessions made on tho part OF both the
miners and the operators; and:
| WHEREAS, We bslieve Wheeling coal to
be OF softer nature than most coal mined
throughout the country, and consequent.
ly would place the miner at a disadvan.
tage, from the fact that greater per cent
OF 1t passen through the screen which
would be the miners LOGS, and consequent.
ly the operators gain therefore be it
Resolted. That it is the ssnae OF this
meeting that thera be committee ap.
Ipointed composed OF two operators end an
equal number Of minors, whose duty it
shall DO to examine all the mines in tho
Immediate neighbozhood that are govern
ed by the federated scsle, with view Of
ascertaining what per cont OF coal mined
the miner getn paid for; and to establish
a price in Wheeling that viii! placs the
miner equal with his fellow wofkmen in
other coal. III
! Henry Fos!e. is one OF those operating
the Home Union mines where the Union
scale, 2 csnts bushel is being psid there
by, according to Mr.. Fosters own conies-
sion, causing tho cooperative firm opera..
ing the minae to lose money. He Is in
sympsthy with those belonging to the
Miners Union. The revolutions started q
racket at once and the digpute over which
last weeks meeting broke up was removed
with all tho vigor imaginable.
The purpose Of the call for the fret
meeting or conference, was to ascertain if
it WAS possible for all the mines in this
city to DO operated on the same basis snd
OF 6 uniform scale-one that would allow
the operators to compete with the coal
from outside points, AS already publish
ed the first meeting resulted in dispute
among tho miners Els to which were "scebs"
aud as to which organization was recog-
nizsd at the recent conference OF the
National Union held in Columbus. This
same dispute was ntarted yesterday by the
Foster resolution.
George Hercules, Of the Federation, took
the floor and opened up on the other side,
claiming thst he and his side had been
recognized ut Columbus. Mr.. Moran de.
MED that this was so, and submitted the
following letter to substantiate him:
New sTRAlTsvlLLE, o.. Feb. IS, 1887.
H. 7. Moran, Esq, Wheeling, w. Va.
DEAR Sir AND BRoruER:-Your favor Of
the 18th inst. received. In reply to your
question asking me whether the delegate
from Mr.. Brooks and Compeny's worko
was admitted rs delegate to tho Column
bus Conference or not, would say that at
the Interstate meeting Of miners he WAS
refused recognition ss delegate to that
body. At the joint conference OF opera.
tors and mipers his credentiale were re-
ferred to the Committee on Credentials
and they failed to report him entitled to q
seat in the Convention. There being no
operatora from West Virginia at the meet
ing, no scale was adopted for that State.
Very truly yours,
CHRIS. EVANS, Executive Sec'y. &
Then there followed one of the liveliest
debates ever listened TO-; 1t was one hard
to catch the thread Of as half dozen in.
sisted on talking at the same time. At
the same time there were some pretty
hard things said by each eide Of the other,
and the operators Ginning in, got q mild
dose themselves. y
A motion was made to strike out the
preamble Of the resolution offered, but it
was defeated. Then tho other side de-
ieated the entire resolution. There was
another wordy racket. The Miners Union
men then refused to stay any longer if
the Federation men we're to be recognized
by the chair, and with this the meeting
broke up. Before this there had been
come heated talk about screens.
The Miners' Union claims that the
wages OF its men average little over So
q day, and that the average wages OF the
Federation miners is about ST day. The
union will hold meeting Friday might,